© Reuters. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks throughout a joint information convention with Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala (not seen), as Russia’s assault on Ukraine continues, in Kyiv, Ukraine October 31, 2022. REUTERS/Viacheslav Ratynskyi
(Reuters) – The presidents of the USA and France mentioned they might maintain Russia to account for its actions in Ukraine and the European Union reached tentative settlement on an oil worth cap to squeeze Moscow’s export earnings.
FIGHTING
* Ukraine’s armed forces have misplaced someplace between 10,000 and 13,000 troopers to date within the warfare in opposition to Russia, presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak advised a Ukrainian tv community.* Russia’s Defence Ministry and the top of Ukraine’s presidential administration mentioned the 2 nations had swapped 50 service personnel within the newest prisoner alternate between the 2 sides.* Russian rockets pounded neighbourhoods in Kherson knocking out energy within the metropolis the place electrical energy had solely begun to be restored practically three weeks after Russian troops left.
* Ukraine’s armed forces reported heavy shelling of quite a few jap frontline villages close to town of Bakhmut.
* Ukraine’s navy mentioned it had discovered fragments of Russian-fired nuclear-capable missiles with dud warheads in western Ukraine, and that their obvious objective was to distract air defences.
* Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko advised residents to refill on water, meals and heat garments within the occasion of a complete blackout brought on by Russian strikes.
DIPLOMACY, FOREIGN RESPONSE* Joe Biden used the primary state go to of his presidency to reveal unity with France’s Emmanuel Macron on Ukraine, present willingness to talk to Russia’s Vladimir Putin and assuage European anger over U.S. subsidies.
* The Group of Seven nations are “very, very shut” to settlement on a $60 a barrel worth cap on Russian seaborne oil with an adjustment mechanism to maintain the cap at 5% beneath the market worth, a senior G7 coalition official mentioned Thursday.* Russian assaults on Ukrainian civilian infrastructure have elevated the price to maintain Ukraine’s economic system going subsequent yr, including as much as $1 billion a month to earlier estimates of $3-$4 billion, the top of the Worldwide Financial Fund advised the Reuters NEXT convention.
NUCLEAR
* The Worldwide Atomic Vitality Company hopes to succeed in an settlement with Russia and Ukraine to create a safety zone on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear energy plant by the top of the yr, the top of the U.N. atomic watchdog was quoted as saying.
